Add a SEC("!...") section-name prefix, letting a program declare itself manually-loaded in its source instead of requiring an imperative bpf_program__set_load_strategy() call, following the exact convention already used for SEC("?..."). The prefix is recognized and stripped in bpf_object__init_prog(), before find_sec_def() ever runs, directly setting load_strategy to MANUAL and initializing autoattach/saved_autoattach - the same place and same style '?' already uses, and before BTF or sec_def exist. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5 Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index acb8caffa442..c9a184d9626d 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -872,16 +872,25 @@ bpf_object__init_prog(struct bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_program *prog, /* libbpf's convention for SEC("?abc...") is that it's just like * SEC("abc...") but the corresponding bpf_program starts out with * autoload set to false. + * + * Similarly, SEC("!abc...") marks the program for manual loading: + * it is skipped by the bulk auto-load pass and must be explicitly + * loaded later via bpf_program__load_manually(). */ if (sec_name[0] == '?') { prog->load_strategy = BPF_PROG_LOAD_STRATEGY_DISABLED; /* from now on forget there was ? in section name */ sec_name++; + } else if (sec_name[0] == '!') { + prog->load_strategy = BPF_PROG_LOAD_STRATEGY_MANUAL; + /* from now on forget there was ! in section name */ + sec_name++; } else { prog->load_strategy = BPF_PROG_LOAD_STRATEGY_AUTO; } - prog->autoattach = true; + prog->saved_autoattach = true; + prog->autoattach = prog->load_strategy != BPF_PROG_LOAD_STRATEGY_MANUAL; /* inherit object's log_level */ prog->log_level = obj->log_level; @@ -15287,7 +15296,7 @@ int bpf_program__set_load_strategy(struct bpf_program *prog, enum bpf_prog_load_ * A gen_loader implementation is being called for autoloaded * programs and defines its own model for loading BPF programs. * To pass a BPF program to gen_loader, set the program's load strategy - * to LD_AUTOLOAD. + * to BPF_PROG_LOAD_STRATEGY_AUTO. */ if (obj->gen_loader) return libbpf_err(-EOPNOTSUPP); -- 2.34.1